2010s

Politics is often a contentious arena in which parody and satire abound. However, the balance of parody to appeal to both sides of a political issue, while at the same time spreading an important message, is something that is rarely

The Hindu Sena, a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization in India, held a religious ceremony for Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle. Various Hindu deities were worshipped in traditional Hindu ceremonies on May 11th, 2016. In the event, Donald Trump

In Viktor Deni’s 1927 poster, “Comrade Lenin Cleanses the Earth of Scum,” revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin is depicted as an everyday man sweeping off members of the clergy, the proletariat class, and the monarchy from the surface of the Earth

The idea that foreign spies were always watching was a common theme that played out during the cold war, one that was revitalized after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 for several years. However, between the fall of the Berlin Wall

At the outset of the American Revolutionary War, the colonies faced a problem. The British Empire controlled one of the most powerful navies in the world at that time, and as a result, they could move personnel and equipment up

The Korean peninsula has been divided since the Allied victory in World War II separating the Communist North from the Capitalist South. Both countries have taken two different trajectories and have become drastically different states after over 70 years of

For years Saturday Night Live has made a political impact in both pop culture and society by pushing boundaries and bringing controversial topics to light. SNL tends to influence popular opinion by tackling ongoing cultural and societal conflicts in a

The 2014 film American Sniper directed by Clint Eastwood is a perfect example of modern day propaganda. Although the American government does not fully produce their own films for propaganda, some may argue that based on the military support with

Many films are made to send a message to their audience whether it be about politics, morals, or something meant to stretch your mind. In the case of Snowpiercer this movie pushes a critique on politics. Snowpiercer, directed by Bong

Comic books are a potent source of propaganda in the media. The stories of Captain America, S.H.I.E.L.D, Black Widow, and many others have served to inundate those who read them with the idea of American superiority, or the inferiority of

Propaganda in the modern day is all around us from television and the Internet, to flyers and pamphlets that could be sent out through the mail or distributed to the public in other ways. Propaganda is also used in campaigns

The poster shown here is a copy of an original painting created by the artist James Deitz. This artist creates paintings for military units to summarize/depict what that specific unit’s deployment was like. He does this by taking a compilation

Coins and paper money all over the world portray important figures, events, and places in the history of its respective nation. This is a form of propaganda, advertisement of a nation’s history on its coinage, which has both positive and

The 2016 Presidential Election is in full swing, and as is to be expected during such a campaign, the candidates have rolled out short, pithy slogans designed to be memorable and to sum up their views and stances on the

The piece here is not true propaganda, but rather a kind of parody. Firstly this work is actually a collection of posters warning the viewer against the evil of communism and how “communism is at your door”. These posters are